On June 10, the worst storm in the series swept across the middle of the Indian Ocean and Wild Eyes was directly in its path.
ABBY SUNDERLANDThe winds were blowing from west to east, pushing Abby’s boat toward the rocks as Abby struggled with the autopilots below.
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In that moment it dawned on me that everything has to line up perfectly for something to turn out this awful.
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When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there’s a massive sense of accomplishment.
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I will definitely attempt to sail around the world again. In fact, I can’t wait for the chance to try again.
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The open ocean often takes you past your physical limits and when it does, sailing becomes a mental game.
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The terrifying physics of going up-mast in heavy seas are inescapable.
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Slowly, my brain let me in on the fact that I had just come this close to dying.
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When I saw the plane, I was absolutely astonished! Two emotions crashed over me: surging joy and crazy fear.
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The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.
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One day that same year, I told my dad that someday, I would sail around the world alone.
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I had begun to think that dreams are meant to be no more than dreams and that in reality dreams don’t come true. Then my brother (Zac) left on his trip.
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It was amazing to see all the support that he got from around the world and to see how everyone worked together to help make his dream reality. Watching him do this really made me believe that I could too.
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Wild Eyes was built for speed and I was flying down walls of water twenty and thirty feet high.
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On October 19, 2009, my sixteenth birthday, Wild Eyes officially became mine! Now it was really happening.
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Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.
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It seems like people my age are over-protected today, even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their kids in the position to make important decisions, to aspire to great things, because they don’t want to put them in a position to fail.
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